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League Standings Minor League Standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Chicago (N)	96	48	.667	--
Minnesota	77	67	.535	19
Nebraska	60	84	.417	36
Milwaukee	49	95	.340	47

NL West
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Dublin	99	45	.688	--
Philadelphia	94	50	.653	5
St. Louis	63	81	.438	36
Mudville	31	113	.215	68

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Des Moines Diesel over Dublin Dragons
NL League Series (4-2)	Dublin Dragons over Chicago (N) Bootleggers

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
PHI	5.1	739	144	4912	1199	189	30	301	499	1422	.244	.314	.479	.792
MIN	5.0	726	144	4970	1303	211	56	182	318	1150	.262	.307	.437	.744
CHN	4.9	709	144	4899	1198	174	55	225	377	1357	.245	.299	.440	.739
DUB	4.6	664	144	4972	1242	176	60	195	354	1222	.250	.300	.427	.727
STC	4.3	617	144	4831	1135	197	43	182	413	1448	.235	.295	.407	.702
NEB	4.0	582	144	4824	1116	196	51	149	329	1138	.231	.280	.386	.666
MIL	3.2	457	144	4673	892	134	38	161	361	1610	.191	.249	.339	.588
MUD	3.0	427	144	4845	1072	164	38	99	276	1053	.221	.263	.332	.595
Totals	4.3	4921	1152	38926	9157	1441	371	1494	2927	10400	.235	.289	.406	.695
Average		615	144	4866	1145	180	46	187	366	1300

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
CHN	3.2	457	144	2.85	1305.7	1023	7.1	212	1.5	1358	9.4	12
DUB	3.3	471	144	2.77	1329.7	997	6.9	375	2.6	1555	10.8	15
PHI	3.6	525	144	3.24	1319.0	1119	7.8	271	1.9	1352	9.4	11
MIN	4.3	621	144	3.74	1289.0	1147	8.0	381	2.6	1368	9.5	7
NEB	4.5	642	144	3.99	1286.7	1143	7.9	421	2.9	1253	8.7	6
STC	4.6	657	144	4.17	1289.0	1202	8.3	317	2.2	1231	8.5	6
MIL	5.3	761	144	4.99	1275.0	1248	8.7	418	2.9	1176	8.2	10
MUD	5.9	854	144	5.38	1264.7	1342	9.3	458	3.2	1151	8.0	8
Totals	4.3	4988	1152	3.88	10358.6	9221	8.0	2853	2.5	10444	9.1	75
Average		624	144		1295	1153		357		1306		9

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
PHI	94	50	0	5	10	1	0	2	8	0.98	0.90	2,853,968	Bobby Kitzinger
DUB	94	50	5	4	11	3	2	1	7	0.87	0.81	2,295,297	Mike Cain
STC	68	76	-5	4	11	0	0	1	7	0.91	0.86	2,041,799	Roger Bentley
CHN	99	45	-3	3	11	1	5	0	3	0.93	0.87	2,925,479	Dan Bognich
MIN	82	62	-5	3	11	0	0	3	14	0.95	0.90	2,285,480	Brian Olmstead
NEB	66	78	-6	3	13	1	1	1	19	1.30	1.47	979,588	Jeff Olander
MIL	41	103	8	0	1	0	0	0	6	1.09	1.25	1,434,695	Anthony Moore
MUD	32	112	-1	0	16	0	2	0	6	1.06	1.23	762,421	Brent Porter

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
DUB	297	132.00	118.43	46.54	8.27	1.72	5.98	6.76	8.88	14.95
CHN	288	132.19	115.61	40.17	7.70	1.48	4.72	5.98	6.71	13.60
PHI	282	138.60	103.99	39.38	6.38	2.12	5.88	5.14	8.19	11.68
MIN	231	133.51	68.36	29.10	2.38	1.58	4.82	5.17	5.08	10.07
STC	189	103.81	57.09	28.05	7.85	3.76	2.99	4.97	3.87	4.64
NEB	180	60.71	82.40	36.86	8.44	2.49	4.05	2.55	5.37	13.98
MIL	147	53.41	59.19	34.37	7.06	2.15	3.96	4.83	6.34	10.06
MUD	93	44.98	30.29	17.67	3.15	1.52	2.90	3.72	4.41	2.00

League Award Winners
Outstanding Batter Award:	Howard Anton	PHI	.304, 65 HR, 115 RBI
Outstanding Pitcher Award:	Len Swormstedt	DUB	24-1, 1.42, 266.3 IP, 304 K
Rookie of the Year Award:	Markus Katzman	NEB	6-3, 1.87, 105.7 IP, 153 K

Slick Fielder Award Winners

P	Bill Bernhard	MIN	.971, 11 PO, 57 A, 2 E
C	John Butler	NEB	.993, 1099 PO, 91 A, 8 E 34.6% (63-182) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Harry Davis	NEB	.993, 1193 PO, 118 A, 9 E
2B	Jim Delahanty	MIL	.966, 221 PO, 342 A, 20 E
3B	Jaime Clifton	MIL	.952, 55 PO, 279 A, 17 E
SS	Jimmy Wilson	MIL	.977, 129 PO, 392 A, 12 E
LF	Darnell Schultz	MIL	.982, 219 PO, 4 A, 4 E
CF	Charlie Hemphill	MIL	.997, 285 PO, 2 A, 1 E
RF	Joseph Fraser	CHN	.991, 212 PO, 3 A, 2 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

Halcomb	MIN	.329
Douglass	DUB	.323
Athey	STC	.312
Smith	NEB	.310
Anton	PHI	.304

On-Base Pct

Halcomb	MIN	.400
Anton	PHI	.385
Lovin	PHI	.384
Smith	NEB	.380
Athey	STC	.375

Slugging Pct

Anton	PHI	.769
Smith	NEB	.743
Lovin	PHI	.683
Jepsen	MIN	.664
Hiott	DUB	.643

OPS

Anton	PHI	1.154
Smith	NEB	1.124
Lovin	PHI	1.067
Jepsen	MIN	1.019
Halcomb	MIN	.993

Anton	PHI	126.8
Smith	NEB	124.7
Lovin	PHI	123.2
Halcomb	MIN	113.8
Jepsen	MIN	111.9

Games

Clifton	MIL	144
Grieco	PHI	141
Goodson	DUB	138
Jiron	CHN	138
Harty	CHN	137

At-Bats

Clarke	NEB	542
Clifton	MIL	533
Grieco	PHI	533
Hemphill	MIL	527
Dewitt	PHI	525

Runs

Halcomb	MIN	114
Anton	PHI	108
Lovin	PHI	106
Smith	NEB	99
Jepsen	MIN	97

Hits

Halcomb	MIN	168
Athey	STC	157
Clarke	NEB	155
Smith	NEB	152
Falcon	STC	149

Total Bases

Smith	NEB	365
Anton	PHI	362
Lovin	PHI	336
Jepsen	MIN	330
Halcomb	MIN	303

Singles

Clarke	NEB	116
Barrett	DUB	111
Douglass	DUB	106
Halcomb	MIN	104
Athey	STC	99

Doubles

Athey	STC	33
Elberfeld	NEB	27
Falcon	STC	27
Clarke	NEB	25
Delahanty	MIL	25

Triples

McGraw		12
Rayborn	CHN	12
Wallace	NEB	12
Davis		10
Hemphill	MIL	10

Homeruns

Anton	PHI	65
Smith	NEB	62
Lovin	PHI	58
Jepsen	MIN	57
Wilson	MIL	51

RBIs

Smith	NEB	141
Jepsen	MIN	130
Anton	PHI	115
Hiott	DUB	112
Halcomb	MIN	102

Stolen Bases

Halcomb	MIN	60
Strang		60
Clarke	NEB	56
Elberfeld	NEB	41
Sheckard	PHI	40

Caught Stealing

Halcomb	MIN	30
Clarke	NEB	24
Elberfeld	NEB	24
Hemphill	MIL	23
Strang		20

Walks

Lovin	PHI	89
Jiron	CHN	66
Halcomb	MIN	62
Strang		62
Anton	PHI	61

Strikeouts

Brantley	STC	235
Dewitt	PHI	221
Duckett	MIL	212
Wilson	MIL	211
Hewes	MIL	209

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Swormstedt	DUB	1.42
Yeager	CHN	1.83
Winter	PHI	2.16
Buttrey	DUB	2.41
Murphy	PHI	2.68

Wins

Yeager	CHN	30
Winter	PHI	26
Swormstedt	DUB	24
Buttrey	DUB	22
Cronin	CHN	22

Losses

Leake	MIL	26
Gudino		22
Taylor	MIL	19
Denzer	MUD	18
McGinnity	MUD	18

Winning Pct

Swormstedt	DUB	.960
Yeager	CHN	.909
Winter	PHI	.897
Buttrey	DUB	.710
Murphy	PHI	.690

Saves

Logan	DUB	9
Pride	MIL	9
Spadaro	CHN	9
Grissett	NEB	6
Blackwell	PHI	4

Games Pitched

Leake	MIL	39
Gudino		37
Lewis		37
Owen	CHN	37
Yeager	CHN	37

Games Started

Leake	MIL	39
Gudino		37
Lewis		37
Owen	CHN	37
Yeager	CHN	37

Complete Games

Gudino		34
Owen	CHN	31
Cronin	CHN	30
Leake	MIL	28
Lewis		28

Shutouts

Yeager	CHN	7
Cronin	CHN	5
Owen	CHN	5
Swormstedt	DUB	5
Winter	PHI	5

Innings Pitched

Gudino		326.0
Owen	CHN	326.0
Leake	MIL	321.0
Yeager	CHN	319.7
Cronin	CHN	317.3

Hits Allowed

Gudino		341
Leake	MIL	336
Owen	CHN	284
Willis		276
Lewis		274

Homeruns Allowed

Leake	MIL	71
Willis		57
Harr	STC	54
Taylor	MIL	53
Gudino		51

Strikeouts

Buttrey	DUB	394
Cronin	CHN	375
Donovan	PHI	341
Yeager	CHN	341
Leake	MIL	331

Walks Allowed

Leake	MIL	100
Patten	MIN	89
Willis		82
Chesbro	NEB	80
Townsend	PHI	80

Walks per 9IP

Winter	PHI	0.9
Swormstedt	DUB	0.9
Cronin	CHN	0.9
Owen	CHN	1.1
Yeager	CHN	1.3

Hits per 9IP

Yeager	CHN	5.7
Swormstedt	DUB	6.0
Cronin	CHN	6.4
Winter	PHI	6.5
Kellum	DUB	6.6

Strikeouts per 9IP

Pulver	DUB	13.0
Buttrey	DUB	12.3
Plank	MIN	10.8
Cronin	CHN	10.6
Donovan	PHI	10.5

WHiP

Swormstedt	DUB	0.77
Yeager	CHN	0.77
Cronin	CHN	0.81
Winter	PHI	0.82
Donovan	PHI	0.96

OAVG

Yeager	CHN	.177
Swormstedt	DUB	.186
Cronin	CHN	.195
Winter	PHI	.201
Kellum	DUB	.201

OOBP

Swormstedt	DUB	.207
Yeager	CHN	.211
Cronin	CHN	.224
Winter	PHI	.227
Kellum	DUB	.255

OSLG

Swormstedt	DUB	.262
Yeager	CHN	.263
Winter	PHI	.319
Buttrey	DUB	.319
Patten	MIN	.326

OOPS

Swormstedt	DUB	.469
Yeager	CHN	.474
Winter	PHI	.546
Cronin	CHN	.572
Buttrey	DUB	.578

League All-Stars
Howard Anton	Carl Athey	Ginger Beaumont
Bill Buttrey	Fred Clarke	Robert Dewitt
Kid Elberfeld	Steven Falcon	Joseph Fraser
Brian Halcomb	Douglas Hiott	Nick Jepsen
James Lovin	Ed Murphy	William Nanney
Frank Owen	Arnold Smith	Bryan Solberg
Sammy Strang	Len Swormstedt	George Winter
Joe Yeager

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Ed Murphy	PHI	$ 13,000,000
2.	Jack Chesbro	NEB	$ 11,500,000
3.	George Winter	PHI	$ 11,000,000
4.	Sam Crawford	DUB	$ 10,900,000
5.	Fred Clarke	NEB	$ 9,500,000
6.	Howard Anton	PHI	$ 8,100,000
7.	Len Swormstedt	DUB	$ 8,000,000
	Case Patten	MIN	$ 8,000,000
	Bill Bernhard	MIN	$ 8,000,000
10.	Jimmy Sheckard	PHI	$ 7,750,000
11.	Roy Thomas	CHN	$ 7,500,000
12.	Joe Yeager	CHN	$ 7,320,000
13.	Vic Willis	NEB	$ 7,251,000
14.	Al Orth	CHN	$ 7,100,000
15.	Win Kellum	DUB	$ 6,360,000
16.	Arnold Smith	NEB	$ 5,642,857
17.	Bill Donovan	PHI	$ 5,500,000
18.	Lefty Davis	DUB	$ 5,350,000
19.	Brian Halcomb	MIN	$ 5,128,571
20.	Eddie Plank	MIN	$ 5,000,000
	Honus Wagner	PHI	$ 5,000,000
22.	Terry Rayborn	CHN	$ 4,700,000
23.	Klondike Douglass	DUB	$ 4,500,000
24.	Roger Denzer	MUD	$ 4,450,000
25.	Frank Owen	CHN	$ 4,371,429